Page 17: Historical Events In 1915

Nov 12   Britain annexes Gilbert and Ellice archipelago.   

Nov 12   Britain annexes Gilbert and Ellice Islands.   

Nov 12   Haiti approves the treaty making it a U.S. protectorate   

Nov 12   Roland Barthes, French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer)   

Nov 13   Howard Cooke, Jamaica, (1991 Mico Gold Medal Award).   

Nov 14   Booker T Washington, educator/organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee Ala.   

Nov 14   Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist.   

Nov 14   In this year, Thomas Masaryk formally claims independence for Czechoslovakia   

Nov 19   Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder   

Nov 20   7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7   

Nov 20   Kon Ichikawa, Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks).   

Nov 23   Ellen Drew, [Terry Ray], Kansas City Mo, actress (Isle of Dead)   

Nov 24   Serbian leader flees to Albania.   

Nov 25   Augusto Pinochet, general/president (Chile)   

Nov 26   Earl Wild, Pitts Pa, composer/pianist (Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942).   

Nov 27   Caro van Eyck, [Gerarda JE Taytelbaum], Dutch actress (Medea).   

Nov 27   Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 54   

Nov 28   Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (C'era una Volta), dies at 76.   

Nov 28   Pamela Harrison, composer.   

Nov 29   Earl W Sutherland, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971).   

Nov 29   Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California   

Nov 30   Angier Biddle Duke, NYC, US Ambassador (Spain).   

Nov 30   St John Ervine's "John Ferguson," premieres in Dublin.   

Dec 02   Adolph Green, songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman).   

Dec 02   Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72.   

Dec 04   Allan Jackson, Hot Springs Ark, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand).   

Dec 04   F F Fletcher is 1st admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor.   

Dec 04   Gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60.   

Dec 04   Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County GA   

Dec 04   Panama-Pacific International Exposition closes in SF (Opened Feb 20 1015).   

Dec 05   Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer   

Dec 07   Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], US, sci-fi author (Ginger Star)   

Dec 07   Eli Wallach, American actor is born.   

Dec 08   Denis Harding, soldier.   

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Jan 01   Francois bondy: Writer   

Jan 01   Lewis bingham keeble: Town planner   

Jan 02   John hope franklin: Historian   

Jan 05   Mabel leigh: Potter   

Jan 05   Uta graf: Singer/teacher   

Jan 05   Arthur h. robinson: Canadian-born cartographer    

Jan 06   Alan watts: Kent england, writer (book on the taboo)   

Jan 06   Don edwards: (rep-d-ca, 1963- )   

Jan 02   Karl goldmark: Austria-hungarian composer (queen of saba),   

Jan 03   James e flecker: British diplomat/novelist (hassan),    

Jan 06   Reginald wood: Cricketer (one test england v australia 1886),   

Jan 13   Mary slessor: Scottish missionary (b. 1848)   

Jan 14   Richard meux benson: Founder of anglican religious order (b. 1824)   

Jan 15   Guillaume couture: Composer,   

Jan 28   Nikolay umov: Russian physicist (b. 1846)   

Feb 05   Ross barnes: Baseball player (b. 1850)